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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2018, 1:49 AM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2018, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2018, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted.
281
WWUS83 KMPX 040649
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
149 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2018
WIZ015-040715-
Barron-
149 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY...
At 149 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Rice Lake,
moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cumberland, Cameron, Haugen, Sumner,
Barronett, Canton, Cumberland Airport, Brill and Rice Lake Airport.
This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 134 and 152.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4535 9193 4561 9216 4564 9208 4564 9159
4553 9153 4540 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 251DEG 28KT 4553 9181
$$
AMKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 10:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 32 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.